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Sugar Knob

Sugar Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Sugar Knob rises to 976 m in West Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the west, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Sluice Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 22 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31536207, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
976 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.97646, -78.61099

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
Museums: 23
Historic sites: 20
  • Van Buren Furnace: 2.9 mi
  • Collie Grave: 5.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 16.0 mi
  • 128th New York Monument: 16.3 mi
  • South Carolina Monument: 16.3 mi
Springs: 15
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Pavilian: 17.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 23.2 mi
  • Blue Hole Day Use Area: 23.3 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Cootie Bug: 18.4 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 18.4 mi
  • Love: 22.7 mi
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 22.8 mi
  • Warrior Statue: 23.5 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Gardens: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Sugar Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill MountainW 277°1,006 m1.1 mi
Devils BenchmarkWSW 243°995 m7.2 mi
Little Sluice MountainSSE 151°951 m1.0 mi
Long MountainWSW 253°951 m5.6 mi
Snyder KnobWSW 249°936 m9.3 mi
Paddy MountainNE 51°910 m3.3 mi
Cove MountainWSW 242°898 m13.1 mi
Big SchlossSW 231°894 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:5020:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3016:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442526170747366554436
Precip in2.92.33.22.84.44.23.93.44.42.62.52.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodstock 2 NE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1475285 — Sugar Knob, Hardy County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356514906

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